First I want to extend a big thank you to the 59% of you who completed your survey already! It helps us out a lot to have the info on item counts and addon numbers as quickly as possible so we can prepare.
Also, so far a LOT lot of you have purchased the eBook addons (and even some paperbacks!) which is so awesome!! I am both artist and writer in equal measures so while I put my whole heart into designing these pins both to be visually interesting and to represent our beloved babies, I'm also so excited that you folks are interested in the books themselves! We hope you enjoy them!
Speaking of the item counts, I have been dying to know which pins were the most popular, given the way we structured the pledges as being "One Pin," "Two Pins," etc.
The winner so far is not one I ever expected to be popular: Opal Sword! After that is Sword of Justice, with the others coming literally in a dead heat at third place. These were ironically the two pins that gave me the most difficulty, so I feel very validated that my hard work paid off lol.
Just for funsies here's a collage of some of the rejected designs: As you can see, Chani's and Ara's (Gunslinger and Angelic Heart) didn't really change much. The frame around Redd's (Golden Janus) drove me insane and I was literally changing its design up to a week before the campaign launched (lolsob). Pheonix's (Swords of Justice) gave me some strife but when I redesigned it once into its current form, it stuck. Ty's (Opal Sword), though. Good gods. I redesigned that one from the ground up probably 6 or 7 times. And even after I came up with the brooch idea, the shape itself stymied me for the longest time. Ty's gotta be difficult, 100% of the time. Very in-character for him.
Anyway! Keep filling out those surveys and hopefully we'll have some more news for you soon!
